Waistband.



PATENT OFFI E;

JoHNcArvIN STANFORD. or ATLANTA, GEORGIA. v

. WAISTBAND.

Applicetion filed. June 13. 1907- 'Serlal llo. 378-.773l

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

To all 'wlto m it may concern;-

Tom), a citizen of the. United States, and

= resident of Atlanta, in th'e'countynofiFulton and fitate of Georgia, have invented certain .-i new.-and usefulimprovements. in VVaist ".bandsjof which the following is-a full clea'r and exact description, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it apper- 10- talus to make and use the same,referenceb'eing had to the accompanying drawings,

forming part of this specification. The invention relates toimprovements in supplemental waist-bands of that descrip-- .tion- 'which. are. "attached to the integral waist-band of a' garment and which serve to hold the garment inplace on the wearer without. the use of suspenders or other-supportingmeans. v v Ithas for its object the provision of a device that can be readily attached to the garment-and which, when in place, will give a smooth-and neat appearance and which will .cause no discomfort to the wearer and will not interfere with his freedom of movement. It consists in the novel construction, com-- bination and arrangement. of parts, such as will be hereinafter fully described, pointed in the accompanying drawings.

In "the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts ,Figure -1 is a perspective view showing the waist-band attached-to a pair of trousers.

The sup lemental waist-band comprises elastic strap 2 and theinelasti'c front sections 3 connected by the elastic gorese wlth the back sections. The strap: 2- is the same.

width throughout its" lenith. and permits uniformstretching ofthe bottom at that oint.

- TThe gores4 o quadrilateral shape extend all the way across the band from its lower I to its upperedges. Theyv are. inserted with their narrowest parts uppermost so that the is much'greater than atthefrontand. back out in the appended claims and illustrated Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe detached device. showing the side opposite .to that shownin' the inelastlcback sections: 1 joined by the and at top andlower part of the band as-a whole will have so as to give greater bearing surfaces to the hips where the weight of the garment is mostly carried. .bandis considerably longer than the upper edge to give the outward flare to the lower part to conformtto the shape of the-body;

Along the upper edges of'the front and back sections and the gores, are sewed the binding strips -5 and to the lower edges ofthe front and back sections are sewed the bind extend over the upper edge of the strap 2 and thest-ripsfi do not extend over the lower and tohold it in shape. j As the strips 5. are

back sections and the intervening gores, there is nostretch to the-upper edge of the band except atthe strap '2. As the binding .or the gores, thelower edge of the band can be stretched'to the fullest extent of theelastic material forming them. This stretching the shape of the body of the wearer.

To the faces of the front and back sections of the band intermediate of the elastic connections are"sewed the: pockets 7 in which are placed the stays 8 of whalebone or other.

resilient stiffening material which serve to hold the band in shape. Over-the edges of the strap 2 and the gores where they are.secured to the inelastic sections are sewed theelastic fabric'andtofirmly secure the same in lace.

the integral waist-band of the garment with back of the garment and with the free ends extending to the opening in front. Itis seofthe latter, The stitching does not extend across the strap .2 so that the latter can stretch to its utmost... The lower edge of the with the bodyof the wearer wi'thout drawing or wrinkling thegarment. 'While. it is j ef- K erable to secure the supplemental waistand in place by stitching, yet other means may The free ends of the band are provided with the stud and socket'fasteners 10 so that edges of the strap and gores.- The binding strlps serve. to protect the edges of the band" secured to the upper-edgesof the front and strips 6 do not extend over either the. strap of the band permits it to easily. conform to:

' The supplemental waist-band is secured to' band is free so that it can contact closely" be employed for attaching it to the garment.

Also the lower edge of the ing'strips 6.. The binding strips 5 do not 9o binding strips 9 to protect the edges, of the the strap 2 opposite to the opening'in the cured in place by sewin ts upper edge to the inside of the garment 'elow the upper edge the-band can be secured .to the body of the p way across the Waistband,

. tending along the upper edges of two inelas jlwearer independently I of the garment] to which it is attached.

'Iclaim and. desire to secure by Letters Paterases an elastic strap connecting the back as, elastic gores of quadrilateral shape con'n'ectingthe front and back sections With the gores extending all the way across the I By having several r stem rows'of sockets the band can be adjusted. It i is obvious that other fasteners may be used for the purpose. Also, While the snpplewaistband, and a binding extending along mental waist-band has been shown and detheupper edges of the front and back sections and the intervening gore.

A waistband comprising a plurality of inelastic sections, elastic sections of quadrilateral. shape connecting the inelastic sections with the elastic sections extending all the way across the waistband, pockets extending across the inelastic sections, stays of resilient material placed in said pockets, a binding extending along the upper edges of two inelastic sections and the ends of the pockets placed thereon and'across theupper edge of thdintervcning elastic section, and a binding extending along the connected edges of said sections.

scribed as being applied to trousers; yet it can be attached to other garments. Having thus described my lnvention, what ent is,

1. .A- waistband comprising a plurality of inelastic sections, elastic sections oi" quadrilateral shape connecting the inelastic sections with the elastic sections extending all the and a binding eX- tic sections and the intervening elastic section.

2. A waistband having comparatively short and long upper and lower edges re-. 'specti rely to produce an outward flare at its lower edge and having its greatest width at the sides to provide enlarged bearing surfaces for the hips ofthe wearer, said waistband comprising front-and back inelastic signature in the presence of two witnesses. JOHN CALVIN STANFORD. Witnesses:

A. A. MEYER, JAS. W. AUSTIN.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my. 

